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Playing chess with Death. Is this how evolution works?
Mural in Täby Church (just outside of Stockholm) painted around 1480–1490, by Albertus Pictor.
Source: Stockholms läns museumPeople playing the old Norse game Hnefatafl as depicted on the Ockelbo runestone. Source: WikipediaAchilles and Ajax playing a board game as depicted on a Greek amphora from the archaic period. Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston